Razor blade box



March 27, 1934. w. B. LASHAR 1,952,596

RAZOR BLADE BOX Filed NOV. 21, 1950 jgj IN VEN TOR.

WALTER 5 4146/9 41? g A ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT UFFEE RAZOR BLADE BOX Application November 21, 1930, Serial No. 497,110

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to receptacles or boxes in which safety razor blades are stored, and has for an object to provide such boxes with means enabling safety razor blades to be con- 5 veniently picked up and deposited in the box without liability of injury to the hands of the user.

Heretofore, when safety razor blades have been dropped upon fiat siu'faces, such as the floor or the tops of washstands, it been a matter of considerable difficulty to pick up the blade and oftentimes the fingers of the party striving to pick up the blade are seriously cut in his efiorts to lift it and place it in the box or in the safety razor.

An object of the present invention is to provide such boxes with a magnet, which, for example, may be located in the cover, so that by touching the blade with the cover the blade may be readily picked up and deposited in the box or in the safety razor without any liability of injury to the fingers.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the accompanying description of one embodiment thereof proceeds, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in connection with the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing: Fig. l is a perspective view of a razor blade box embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cover of the box with a portion of one of the corners broken away to disclose the magnet supported therein; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the hand of the user of the box in the act of picking up a blade by the magnetized cover; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the hands of the user of the box in the act of freeing a picked up blade from the magnetized cover and depositing it in the box.

In the practice of the invention, referring deseriptively to the specific embodiment thereof which is herein exemplified, the box or container for storing safety razor blades, which may be made of non-magnetic metal or any other suitable material, comprises a cover section 10 which makes a push fit with the bottom section 11.

The box is substantially oblong in shape and is relatively thin in proportion to its length and Width and its cover section 10 comprises side walls 12, end walls 13 and a top wall 14. Its bottom section 11 comprises side walls 15, end walls 16 and a bottom wall 17. The upper end of the bottom section is provided with an offset forming a shell 18 against which the lower edge of the top section rests when the top section is push-fitted on to the bottom section.

Fastened by solder or other suitable means against the inside of the top wall 14 of the cover section 10 is a metal plate 19 magnetized sufficiently to readily pick up a razor blade.

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that when the user of the improved safety razor blade container or box desires to pick up a blade 20 and deposit it in the box, he has merely to detach the cover section 10 or" the box and bring it into contact with the razor blade, whereupon the magnetism of the plate 19 acts to pick up the blade. It is then merely necessary to move the cover section over the bottom section, insert an end or the blade into the bottom section, and strip off the blade so that it falls into the bottom section, as clearly shown in Fig 4 of the drawing.

While the invention has been described as applied to the small metal boxes commonly used for storing razor blades, it is to be understood that the invention is of suflicient scope to include kit boxes for storing safety razor outfits.

While one of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes in form, material, and arrangement of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

The invention claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A receptacle comprising a bottom section, a o separable non-magnetic cover fitting over the bottom section and having walls around its margin, and a magnet of fiat form secured in the cover and seated firmly against the inside face of the top of the cover whereby the bottom section can be utilized for stripping blades held by magnetism against the outside of the top of the cover.

WALTER B. LASHAR. 

